Biggest 50th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	May 20, 1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$966,148	476	$2,030	$355,566,148	346
2	May 24, 1996	The Postman	$387,612	356	$1,089	$18,865,332	348
3	Feb 12, 1999	Everest	$331,147	57	$5,810	$59,142,624	346
4	Jun 21, 1985	The Gods Must Be Crazy	$303,819	120	$2,532	$14,805,505	350
5	Oct 1, 1999	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$204,923	33	$6,210	$23,765,789	346
6	Mar 29, 1996	Wings of Courage	$194,742	10	$19,474	$6,424,611	346
7	Mar 28, 2003	Space Station	$161,106	37	$4,354	$34,875,401	346
8	Feb 9, 2007	Deep Sea 3-D	$154,083	36	$4,280	$23,165,651	346
9	Feb 25, 2011	Hubble 3D	$147,645	50	$2,953	$22,058,976	346
10	Mar 16, 2012	Born to be Wild 3D	$129,593	40	$3,240	$17,261,183	346
11	Jun 19, 1998	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	$108,511	19	$5,711	$6,752,283	346
12	Jan 22, 2010	Under the Sea 3-D	$86,876	28	$3,103	$19,791,997	346
13	Jan 14, 2005	What the #$'! Do We Know	$84,935	64	$1,327	$10,372,083	346
14	Mar 17, 2006	Wild Safari 3D	$80,396	18	$4,466	$8,326,613	346
15	Sep 27, 1996	Across The Sea of Time	$70,498	4	$17,625	$6,497,015	346
16	Jan 5, 2007	Roving Mars	$68,104	16	$4,257	$5,573,929	346
17	Apr 13, 2001	Michael Jordan to the MAX	$64,298	15	$4,287	$15,923,510	346
18	Mar 29, 2013	To the Arctic 3D	$63,500	52	$1,221	$11,917,075	346
19	Sep 12, 2008	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	$60,265	45	$1,339	$18,866,633	346
20	Feb 20, 2004	Bugs!	$57,705	15	$3,847	$4,976,857	346
21	Aug 29, 1997	When The Cat's Away	$56,492	31	$1,822	$1,565,370	346
22	Apr 7, 2000	Island of the Sharks	$47,045	5	$9,409	$6,837,019	346
23	Oct 6, 2000	Galapagos	$44,951	10	$4,495	$7,625,578	346
24	Dec 8, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$40,035	30	$1,335	$51,170,000	345
25	Aug 29, 2003	Spirited Away	$38,425	18	$2,135	$10,045,816	346
26	Feb 18, 2005	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$36,622	23	$1,592	$19,879,504	346
27	Sep 8, 2000	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	$29,543	15	$1,970	$4,899,194	346
28	Apr 13, 2001	Gladiator	$25,803	46	$561	$187,670,866	346
29	Mar 3, 2000	Extreme	$25,389	6	$4,232	$7,255,580	349
30	Feb 4, 2000	Wolves	$24,016	11	$2,183	$3,030,339	346
31	Mar 19, 2004	Ghosts of the Abyss	$23,406	9	$2,601	$15,661,005	346
32	Apr 16, 2004	The Barbarian Invasions	$21,729	35	$621	$3,247,256	346
33	May 8, 2009	Il Divo	$21,713	5	$4,343	$86,535	348
34	Jul 5, 2002	China: The Panda Adventure	$20,151	8	$2,519	$2,547,550	346
35	Oct 3, 2003	Bollywood/Hollywood	$18,014	18	$1,001	$1,480,192	346
36	Jan 23, 2009	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	$16,226	8	$2,028	$5,331,485	346
37	Sep 14, 2001	Cyberworld 3D	$15,968	17	$939	$10,069,083	346
38	Feb 15, 2008	The Witnesses	$13,345	6	$2,224	$46,732	348
39	Aug 26, 2011	Incendies	$11,971	8	$1,496	$6,828,593	346
40	Oct 31, 2003	The Bread, My Sweet	$11,704	6	$1,951	$877,090	346
41	Sep 7, 2001	Barenaked in America	$11,464	4	$2,866	$0	346
42	Jan 2, 2009	U2 3D	$10,826	4	$2,707	$9,674,438	348
43	Jan 6, 2006	Aliens of the Deep	$10,262	7	$1,466	$7,556,040	346
44	Nov 3, 2006	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	$9,634	9	$1,070	$1,657,031	346
45	May 24, 2002	Lagaan	$8,568	3	$2,856	$44,562	346
46	May 16, 2003	30 Years to Life	$8,223	6	$1,371	$39,566	346
47	Sep 9, 2005	Therese	$6,878	4	$1,720	$2,491,673	346
48	Oct 1, 1999	Life Is Beautiful	$6,216	12	$518	$57,598,247	346
49	Jul 13, 2001	I'm the One That I Want	$6,024	2	$3,012	$1,143,515	346
50	Aug 8, 2008	A Man Named Pearl	$5,657	6	$943	$123,630	346
51	Mar 28, 2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$5,587	21	$266	$241,433,282	346
52	Feb 18, 2000	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	$5,581	3	$1,860	$1,599,253	346
53	Aug 29, 2003	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	$5,250	3	$1,750	$1,667,773	346
54	Feb 22, 2002	The Debut	$5,219	2	$2,610	$1,252,666	346
55	Dec 10, 2004	Postmen in the Mountains	$4,720	3	$1,573	$98,650	346
56	Dec 26, 2003	City of God	$4,362	4	$1,091	$4,782,356	346
57	Dec 9, 2011	Sea Rex 3D	$4,233	9	$470	$4,420,291	346
58	Oct 4, 2002	Trembling Before G-D	$3,792	2	$1,896	$763,755	346
59	Aug 31, 2001	Left Luggage	$3,563	2	$1,782	$1,014,655	346
60	Feb 4, 2000	Encounter in the Third Dimension	$3,334	3	$1,111	$4,317,686	346
61	Dec 3, 2004	Young Black Stallion	$2,800	2	$1,400	$6,581,846	347
62	Jul 26, 2002	Songs from the Second Floor	$2,772	1	$2,772	$54,073	346
63	Sep 30, 2005	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	$2,465	1	$2,465	$367,635	346
64	Jun 18, 2004	Grande Seduction, La	$2,256	6	$376	$9,351,407	346
65	Jun 18, 1999	Hands on a Hardbody	$2,177	1	$2,177	$496,144	346
66	Feb 5, 2010	Mine	$2,046	3	$682	$11,283	344
67	Oct 31, 2003	O Fantasma	$1,971	1	$1,971	$124,053	346
68	Nov 14, 2008	The Singing Revolution	$1,673	3	$558	$392,943	346
69	Feb 22, 2002	Gabriela	$1,195	2	$598	$2,334,720	346
70	Oct 23, 2009	Fuel	$1,134	2	$567	$172,658	346
71	May 14, 2004	Weather Underground	$1,100	1	$1,100	$559,293	346
72	Mar 23, 2001	Alien Adventure	$1,068	1	$1,068	$3,349,000	346
73	Dec 3, 2010	The Girl Who Played with Fire	$844	4	$211	$9,076,206	346
74	Aug 12, 2011	My Dog Tulip	$835	1	$835	$246,574	348
75	May 31, 2002	Life and Debt	$788	1	$788	$254,885	346
76	Apr 27, 2012	Lost Bohemia	$787	1	$787	$12,118	346
77	Sep 9, 2011	Nine Nation Animation	$663	2	$332	$38,191	348
78	Feb 8, 2002	Haunted Castle	$597	1	$597	$3,330,783	346
79	Oct 10, 2008	Love and Honor	$466	1	$466	$59,104	346
80	Nov 23, 2007	El Topo	$400	1	$400	$76,097	348
81	Mar 14, 2003	Komediant	$292	1	$292	$119,377	346
82	May 23, 2008	Irina Palm	$265	2	$133	$41,882	346
83	Nov 13, 1998	Marius et Jeannette	$218	1	$218	$269,779	346
84	Jun 26, 2009	The Legend of God's Gun	$181	1	$181	$236,580	346
85	Nov 22, 2002	The Other Side of Heaven	$54	1	$54	$4,720,112	346
86	May 15, 1981	Galaxina	$0	0	$0	$4,865,000	346

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